Phaedon: or, A Dialogue on the Immortality of the Soul
by Plato (and Fenelon, Notes and Emendations, and a Life of the Author)
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Sugar Grove, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: W. Gowan, 1833. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Poor/No Dust Jacket. A Poor but complete copy in soiled original paper-covered boards, The spine is worn and cracked, and the cover hinges are quite worn but holding. Early pencil endnotes. The text block binding is sound. The paper is foxed, but the text is legible and otherwise unmarked. A binding copy of the First American Edition of 1833.
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- Bookseller
- Row by Row Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 050516
- Title
- Phaedon: or, A Dialogue on the Immortality of the Soul
- Author
- Plato (and Fenelon, Notes and Emendations, and a Life of the Author)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Publisher
- W. Gowan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1833
- Keywords
- Philosophy
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Sugar Grove, North Carolina
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Row by Row Bookshop is an online bookseller. Our stock is eclectic and literary, and is a mix of modern and antiquarian. We also have a booth at the Appalachian Antique Mall, 631 W. King Street, Boone, NC
Glossary
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...